Getting Attached to Our Pets Enough to Say “Child!

As the anthropologist Shelly Volsche has stated in a study, in recent years, to pets interest has increased. With the increasing interest, the way we love animals seems to have evolved as well; because the following statements we often see on online platforms and pet adoption pages are “I am his i am mother“, “I’m her i am the fatherWe often hear expressions such as ‘, ‘I would only love this much if I had my own child’, ‘My son’, ‘My daughter’.

These concepts, which are used to describe human relations, Pets Misunderstandings can arise on online platforms when it is started to be used to describe its relations with

An example of those misunderstandings:

With the misunderstandings that have arisen, it is possible to take this situation to the next level and indeed own child There seems to be an audience that sees it as well. There are different theories in different media about why humans form such a close bond with animals. Some of these theories are:

• Are animal pups replacing human babies?
• Do humans satisfy their need to bond with animals?
• Does this behavior of humans change the nature of animals?

Are animal pups replacing human babies?

Scientists working on human and animal relations led to the discovery of a new field in science: Anthrozoology. Sarah Hrdy, an evolutionary anthropologist working in this field, stated in 2009 that taking care of the offspring of creatures that are not of their own kind is a uniquely human trait, and this is among anthropologists and biologists. alloparenting He also stated that he was known as

According to this understanding, people may be putting the offspring of animals instead of their own offspring at this age. Because taking care of a pet takes less time, cost and effort than raising a child. However, human emotional needs (love, attention, bonding, etc.) can also be a new way to get rid of it.

Do humans satisfy their need to bond with animals?

Attachment theory According to one of its founders, Psychologist John Bowbly, people establish their first secure attachment with their caregiver, often with their mother. This continues until the age of 2. While this bond is established with friends in adolescence, it evolves into romantic relationships in adulthood. So this need for bonding it goes on constantly. According to the people who voiced this theory, people may have turned to animals, which are creatures that cannot betray themselves, because they have a trust problem with each other and do not want to bond with each other.

Also, because animals are creatures that we can control. our fear of the future They may also be soothing: Pets don’t change as they age, and they provide the consistency we want. They are happy to see us when we come home every day, they expect our attention, they are ready to give us love. They can continue to love us even after we die. Just like his deceased owner, waiting for him every evening for 15 years at the same time at the subway station. hachi as. In the movie Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale), Hachi walks with his owner to the subway station every morning, and in the evening they come back to the subway station at the time of his arrival, wait for him, and return to their home together. It will continue to do so when its owner dies, as well as until it dies.

Could this behavior of humans be changing the nature of animals?

According to this theory, we love animals because they are not human. We project onto them what we want to see in ourselves and others. He doesn’t want them to be really animals—wild, natural—and not human beings like us, but more static and predictable We may want them to be.

We may even have given them a bath, bought clothes, and opened our own home to them. Our fear of loneliness Maybe we are trying to beat them.